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The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-05
Tae TaAeesa Qusstien.

The real capital Of mankind to-day il
knowledge, We could better afford to
see everv factory. dwelling. railroad. tel
egraph. machinery-in short. every crvs-
talised form Of labor, with the excep.
tion Of . sufliciency Of food to sustain
life until the next crop-swept away by
Q convulsion of nature, than to lose any
considerable portion Of our knowledge
and skill. The labor now employed
would alone. in q few years, resurrect
cur DESTROYED cities and high ways,
while that labor which. under present
conditions. is fully equal to the demand
made upon it for all products, would. in
the same short period, fnd itselfin pos.
session of the same mechanical agencies
through which its productive power. is
now exercised. With knowledge and
skill. the only condition TO the ability
of labor to create for itself everything
that is embraced in the general term,
"cspital," Is free access to land.
It is, therefore. a monstrous notion
that labor is powerless without capital /;
a notion transmitted to us through all
ages from the day when some strong
man, having appropriated the land, said
TO his fellows: "You can produce moth
ing without my consent; your skill,
your observation. your kno owledge, your
invention. are my capital, and you uust
pay me for the use of them"
On the blind acceptance of this no.
ton the whole social fabric is even now
resting. Economists teach it; moralists
impose it; rulers forbid to doubt it; and
slavery, In one form or another, is .hus
perpetuated.
1T is easy to see how impostors pro-
ceed," remarks Bastiat. 5"The acme of
art is to put the barrier of the taboo
upon all intellectual avenues which may
lead to the discovery Of imposture. If
I, entertaining views Of this kind, were
the ruler of an ignorant people. I would
join morality to my authority by an in.
dissoluable chain, and 1 would proclaim
that one could not exist without the
other; 30 that if any audacious individ-
usl attempted to meddle with a tabooed
question, society, which cannot exist
without morality, would feel the very
earth tremble under its feet, and would
turn its wrath upon the rash innovator.
When things had come to that pass, it is
plain that these people would be mine
more actually than if they were my
slaves. The slave curses his chain, but
nv people would bless theirs. and ]
should have succeeded in stamping, moi
on their foreheads, but in the very CEN
tire of their consclences, the seal ol
slavery"
| OF the truth of this Bastiat himself
was remarkable example; for he
blessed the chair Of capitalism. deemed
it immoral to doubt the legitimacy ol
landlordism and was In many ways d
victim ofimpostdre.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-05
A FORECAST OF EVENTS.
Tho New Political Party Will be Only
semt-Secialtstic.

From the Labor Organizer.
The following is q private letter to Q
friend which we publish by permission.
Such men are the salt Of the order. and
will q ave it from decay: y
Fri END Ed AS you cay, Socialism is
MAXI ng rapid strides, but its full realiza-
ton is yet long way of. 1t seems as
if we must 20 through various stages.
each one bring US nearer to the goal.
First cam the solitary agitator, then
feeble organization. more agitation,
stronger and more complicated organi-
zation. which demonstrated the power
of united action and resulted in strikes
and boycotts. This is the stage which
we are in now. but which, in my opinion,
is rapidly being superseded by the new
political move. I apprehend that this
will sweep over the country very rap
idly and will be the last attempt at q
peaceful solution. All manner of peace.
able means will be tried before the peo-
pie [ who are like bird ina cage, not
knowing what freedom implies even il
the door is left open) will rise in their
might and take possession of their own.
am inclined to think this il the line Of
thought: Evolution, agitation and edu-
cato onwhich all these movements bring
IN their train. although Intellectual, are
necessary to enable the people to manage
affairs when they do assume the reins Of
pow er. At present, If tie dominating
class would step down and out and Say
to the workers pitch in" they would
be more likely to pitch everything into
endless confusion; and confusion in the
arrangements of society is the great
lever in the hands of the Socialist by
v hich he iustifies his attitude.
The new political party will only be
semi. .Socialistic. 1t will advocate gov.
ernmentsl control'of only the greatest
instruments of production md exchange
such as railroads, telegraphs and, the
money. But it will start on solid land
foundation by teaching the people thai
each ones right to the soil must be SO
cured in some way. To get this, to us
self.evident fact recognized by tn
masses is worth years of patient toll
for the moment it is well grounded IL
the public mind we will have free land
and if we could force the monopolists t.
let 60 before popular education on eco
nonic questions was far enough ad
vanced to comprehend its justice. l fea
it would not be lasting.
/ am going to send your name to tn
chairman of the New York central com
mlttee and to Henry George. You vii
, get circular about his new paper.
hope you will do what you can t, aid il
circulation, because it will be grea
educator even if it does not dig as dee
, and cut as hard as you and l would like
q We must make partial Socialists befor
: We can hope to see them accept all it
truths, and as writer once put i
"Henry George his led thousands ou
| toward the Mecca We are striving Il
reach = -
I enclose YOU q copy of Brother Bach
, anan's Richmond report. l can voucl
/ for thetruth of each and every state
> ment contained therein, and xn,w vo'
r will not wonder why the Richmond sea
Q sion was unsatisfactory to me.
Fraternally yours, NT.J. MILLER.
~ PARsoss, Kansas. y
The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-05

The celebrated stiff Hats from the
Cooperative Hat company just received
At Clsyton,s.
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Dieutas ben II. April 1887.
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

WILL PETITION THE GOVERNMENT.
DUBLIN, Dec. ia delegation has
been appointed to submit to the govern
ment that the land owners of Ireland are
entitled to compensation for losses sus-
tanned through the action of the govern
ment In reducing rents to greater ex-
tent than was justified by economic
causes. in deprivlng the land owners of q
reversionary interest In the occu-
pancy OF the soil, in lessening the salable
and receivable value Of Judicial rents and
in depriving land owners of the
rightto obtain the best rent 9 solvent
tenant was able to pay in the open mar
ket The delegation will claim that the
land owners are entitled to direct pecu-
mary grant to compensate for their losses,
and indirect relief in the shape of grant
to them of advances within limits which
would involve no risk to the government
The compulsory reduction OF interest on
mortgages, they will insist, is uni ust aud
impolitic. They will also urge simplfi
cation OF the methods of transfers, charg-
ing and dischsrging OF land.
FARMERS BOUGHT THE LAND.
LONDON, Dec. Ii After friendly nego.
tiations 800 farmers bought holdings on
the Duke Of Abercorn's estates in Tyrone
and Donegal on twenty years. purchase,
under the Ashhourne act. The amount
involved 1890 000. The sales reduce the
Duke Of Abercorn's estate one-tnird.
It is stated that the Duke Of No,folk
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
ANOTHER BANK OFFICIAL,
Cashier Hopkins Of the Fidelity Bank Is
On Trial,

on trial.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Dec. lathe trial
Of Benjamin E. Hopkins, late assistant
cashier of the Fidelity National Bank, be-
gan this morning in the United States
court. Judge Sage presiding alone. TIE
court passed upon the demurrers, which
had been argued, and struck out six of
the forty or fifty counts which cover
practically the same acts. The indict-
ment as it remains WAS stated in SUD-
stance to the defendant to be
a charge Of misapplication of
funds of the Fidelity National Bank
and of many false entries In the books of
the bank. TO this the defendant pleaded
not gully. Jurors were then called and
sworn to answer the questions touching
their fitness TO serve on the trial. The
slow process OF their examination then
began. The selection Of q jury was &C
complished and the jury sworn before
the noon adjournment. Nearly all the
Jurors are farmers from the southern and
western part of the state, none from
Hamilton county. Mr.. Bruce for the
government then stated they expected
to show that Hopkins Lad at one
time misspplisd 100000 of
the Fidelity Banks funds and
5000 at another; that he had drawn
personal checks for large sums when he
had no funds to draw upon, and that he
had made false entry in the books rep
resenting 81, 100000 used in the Wiltshire
wheat deal. MIR. Bateman. for the de-
tense, said: They would prove that the
defendant was not aware of what was
being done in the bank; that he signed
the improper drafts when harded ri b
others by Harper, not knowing their ma
ture. The taking of testimony then COM
menced,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
GALVEsTOs.
The Off &c Abolfshed-A Santa Fe Fire m al
Dies on the Road.

The Office Aboltshed-A Santa Fe Fireman
Dies on the Road.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. Is When
Colonel ". 81. Nichols resigned his ofice
as special inspector Of customs to sccept
the position of assistant doorkeeper of
the House of representatives under Door
keeper Hurt, several well known politi-
clans had hopes Of obtaining the inspec-
torship. General John M. Claiborne was
strongly endorsed for the place, but let
ter from Congressman Grain to-day
crushes hope by announcing that
the Secretary Of the Treasury has
abolished the Office altogether.
The body of Burt Stanton, fireman on
the Santa Fe R .ilway, was brought here
this morning, ne having died on the train
during the night while en- route to the
hospital here. The deceased WAS i'll at
Cleburne and WAS being brought here by
the railroad company. Death resulted
from pneumonia. He was q native Of
Lynn, Mass, twenty-foUr years old.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
England.
JOHN MORLEY ILL.

JOHN MORLEY ILL.
LONDON. Dec. Is John Morley /:
seriously i'll with an affection of she liver
All his political engagements have been
| cancelled. He is greatly Frustrated and
has been growing weaker since last
evening.
CONVICTED OF ENLIGHTENMENT.
LONDON, Dec. 13.-fhe Pal Mall Ga
zette says General Willoughby, until re-
Gently ambassador of Madagascar in Lon
doc, was convicted on his return to Mad
sgascar OF the embezzlement Of SO, goo
and sentenced to Imprisonment for an in
defnite period.
PARLIAMENT TO REAsSEMBLE.
LONDON, Dec. 13.-The Cabinet has
decided TO reassemble Parliament Febru
airy 7. The government will try to limit
the debate on the address in reply to the
Queens speech to one week. Lord
Randolph Churchill is a guest of Lord
Harrington. It is reported they ere con-
free trade sgitation.
GRANVILLE SPEAKS.
The Eighty CLUB gave banquet to-
speech Granville said "the reception
given Harrington and Goschen In London
was no test Of public opinion. The
Liberals did not ask 10 declare the
dissldents beyond the pale of the party.
On the contrary, they wished to bring
about reunion, but it YVES i'm
possible to achieve reunion by
suspension OF the Irish question. Not all
the power Of Lord Salisbury and Glad
stone united could do that. If the gov
eminent had undertook to settle the Irish
question upon the reasonable basis of self
government they would have had the sup
port Of the Liberals. II would be better
for the government to try to settle the
Irish question than follow their present
course which tended to take from the
Irish all respect for tbs law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Austria.
WILL RESIST pRoyecArIoN.

WILL RESIST PROV0CATION.
VIENNA, Dec. l9.-The Pesther Lloyd
publishes reports from Gallician papers
of Russian military movements, 1t
says, "If this be a reply to the modiflca-
ton of AUSTRIA policy, Russia will soon
learn Austria will resist provocation."
BASED ON RUHoRs.
VIENNA, Dec. 13.-The Fremdesbatt
attributes the rumors of Count Kalnoky's
resignation to the Boerse manouyers. II
says all the conjecture of the Austrian and
foreign press is based upon rumors which
well Informed persons never believed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

TROUBLESOME STUDENTS.


Moscow, Dec. 13.-The disturbances
created by the students in the university
here have become so serious that lectures
have been Suspended, and meetings Of
students forbidden. In a recent trouble
between the students end body of troops
one student was killed and several were
wounded, and hundreds of others were
arrested. A special force of men are
stationed around the university. The
troubles have no connection with politics
but are due to the objection OF the stu
dents 30 new rules which had been
adopted by the university.
THE UNIVERSITY CLOSED.
Moscow, Dec. 13-The agitation
among the students of the university has
extended to the Agricultural Academy
Troops surround both buildings. A seri-
Gus outbreak is threatened. The uni
versity has been closed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Found Their ohiloren Burned.

POINT PLEASANT, ". VA, Dec. 13.-
Ga Sunday Henry Fawcett and bis wife
living five miles south CT here went to
church, leaving their three children, the
oldest one being but five yesrs old, lock-
ed up st home When the parents re-
turned to the house il was in ashes, and
the children all burned to death This /.
the third case OF this kind in this section
within year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
A Phtladelphia Failure.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. Is Seattle,
Vanneman & Co., joboers of notions and
white goods, 725 Market street, made hn
assignment to-day. Their liabilit es SFe
$3.50, o0P, assets not known. The prinos-
pal creditors are Philadelphia, New York
and Boston houses. Judgments were ed
tered to-day fox $4,000. They hope I'd
compromise.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
GERMANY,

GOVERNMENTS PROPOSAL REJECTED.
BERLIN, Dec. 13.-Tne Reichstag. after
debate which lasted seven hours, re-
jected the proposal OF the government to
raise the tax on wheat and rye to marks.
proposal to make the duty marks was
adopted.
GOVERNMENT NOT SURPRISED.
BERLIN. Dec. l3.-The Reichstag will
resume the debate on the cereal bill to-
morrow. The government is not sur
prised at the result of to-night'5 division
and will accept notifications.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14

Continued on FiftA Page.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
Switzerland.
ELECTED PRESIDE

ELECTED PRESIDENT.
BERNIE, Dec. Is M. MeteDsteiu has
been elected President of Switzerland and
M. Hammer Vice President.
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Hawaii,
Reduced THE SALARIES

REDUCED THE SALARIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, DC. 13.-Ad-
vices from Honolulu are to the effect that
the newly elected Legislature has cut
down the salaries of all state officials and
mate rally reduced the Kings salary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
will make q personal present of 10000
TO the Pope.
ELUDED THE POLICE.

DUBLIN, Dec. 13.-Mr. PSne, M. P,
who has been barricaded in Lisenning
Castle, his residence in county Water
ford, resisting the efforts of the police to
arrest him, left the castle early this morn
ing. Eluding the police sentinels and
taking car that awaited him, he drove to
some unknown place. The police are
securing the country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-08
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADMINISTRATION to Capital Stock of
Pioneer Steam Brick Co.; Pulaski Loan Associa-
ton: The Merchants and Mechanics Loan Asso-
citation; Irish Jasper Greens; Oglethorpe Light
infantry.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Co.; Election Notice Citizens
Mutual Loan Co.; Watermelons, A. H. Cham
pipn.
SUMNER REsoRTs-Daggers White Sulphur
Springs, Botetourt Co., Va.
AUCTION SALEs-Positively the Last Sale of
Crockery, Etc, by @. II. Dorsett; Old China,
Silverware, Etc, by l. d. LaRoches Sons.
SUMNER WEAR-A. Falk & Son
RUsrLEss IRON PIPE-Weed & Cornwell.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERrIsBMESTs-HelpW Want
ed, For Rent; For Sale; Personal; MisceIlane-
Gus.
EASTERN HAY, ETc.-'T. P. Bond & Co.
~ STEAMSHIP SCHEpULEs-Ocea Steamship 90.
pltimore Steamship Co.
DIssoLuroS-J. S. Collins & Co.
EoTICE-J S. Collins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-08
Robbers Using the Lasso.

Paris Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph
Some of the miscreants who infest the bar
riers of the metropolis, rendering night horrible
to those who are hurrying at a late hour to their
homes in those localities, have hit on brilliant
expedient for decoying and then rifing the
pockets of tardy wayfarers. On arriving at
one of the most deserted spots peaceable citi-
zen, taking hasty survey of the position, saw,
as he believed, three policemen walking side by
side with measured step. Quite treasured, he
pushed boldly on; but he had scarcely passed
the guardians of order when he felt a lasso
playing round his neck, and in trice he was on
the ground and gagged, while was he Invested
of whatever cash and other valu-
ables he happened to have about him. The men
whom be had mistaken for policemen were ruff
fans of the deepest dye, and their attitude and
steady march were merely intended to disarm
the suspicious of the solitary pedestrian A
regular band has been at this work from 10
O'Clock in the evening till the small hours of the
morning and several victims have been captured
in the most sHillful and methodical manner with
the lasso. Last night the Police Commissary of
the Salpetriere quarter swooped down upon a
whole gang of these miscreants as they were
dividing their illgotten spoils in a lone public
house. 1t is to be hoped that the campaign
against the garroters will be promptly followed
up, and this terror that walketh by night" will
soon be effectually suppressed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-08
A Mistake Aoknowledred.

Indications are cropping out that the Re
publican leaders are not such firm believers in
negro suffrage as they once were. Mr.. ingalls,,
of Kansas. one of the ablest of the Repub-
hcan Senators, is credited with thisremark:
II have no hesitancy in saying that grant
ing the right of suffrage to the colored peo-
pie has proven an absolute and unqualified
failure
The Senator does not say why he thinks it
is a failure. There was time when he pre-
tended it was an excellent thing for the ne
gro and for the country Has the fact that
the negro is no longer of any benefit to the
Republican party had anything to do with
the change in his views! When the carpet
baggers had control of the South, and the
colored voters were bullied, coaxed and de-
ceived into voting with the Republicans, no
Republican leader thought of condemning
negro suffrage.
The negroes are better able to take care of
themselves and TO vote intelligently than
they were when they were granted suffrage.
Then they did not know,
at first, what the ballot meant
None of them had any property to
bilities as citizens, and without any incen-
tive to use their newly acquired power for
the enactment of good laws and for the put
ting of good men into office, they easily be-
came the dupes of the designing men who
acted in the South as the agents of the Re
publican party. The unhappy conditioned
affairs which was brought about by their
misuse of the ballot is matter of history.
Why did not Mr.. Ingalls, say then that he
thought mistake had been made in giving
the negro the ballot.
The reason is that at that time the negro
was useful to the Republican party, and Mr..
ingalls, and other Republican leaders
thought that he was going to continue to be
so.
As rule the negro is not yet prepared
for suffrage, but he is much better prepared
for 1t than he was when the Republican
party controlled him. He is more intelli-
gent and has better appreciation of his
duties Thousands of his race have acquired
more or less property, and they are as anx-
ious to protect it as they, at one time, were
willing to assist the carpet-baggers in get
ting possession of the property of the white
people. The negro, therefore, is beginning
to think how he can use the ballot for his
own good, and he finds that it is not to mis-
interest to sustain the Republican party.
In his Springfield speech Senator Sher-
man said that there We're five Southern
States which ought to give Republican ma
Jorities The reason they do not is perhaps
because the negroes are not giving the Re
publican party a hearty and unanimous
support. No doubt Senator Sherman thinks
with Senator ingalls, that negro suffrage is
failure.
The truth is, the Republican leaders have
never cared whether or not negro suffrage
was good thing for the country or the ne
gro. They judged it from party stand
point and declared it was a good thing as
long as their party was benefited by it, and
they condemn it now because it has ceased
to be of use to their party.